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Belcalis Almanzar

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Belcalis Almanzar, a student at St. Francis High School in San Francisco, says she hasnt thought about her college plans since she was in middle school.

Its because, she says, shes always planned to get an education after graduating from high school. Her parents werent college educated, but she says they always emphasized education.

Weve always tried to have a plan, to make sure that if they have a choice to get an education, we can also help them get an education, Almanzar said.

Almanzar and her mother, who is also a teacher, moved to the Bay Area from Baja, Mexico when she was in elementary school. They lived on the Mexican border, but moved to San Francisco after a flood.

Were a family of immigrants, she said. I think the first time I really think about what I want, I can have it."

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Belcalis Almanzar, a student at St. Francis High School in San Francisco, says she hasnt thought about her college plans since she was in middle school.

Its because, she says, shes always planned to get an education after graduating from high school. Her parents werent college educated, but she says they always emphasized education.

Weve always tried to have a plan, to make sure that if they have a choice to get an education, we can also help them get an education, Almanzar said.

Almanzar and her mother, who is also a teacher, moved to the Bay Area from Baja, Mexico when she was in elementary school. They lived on the Mexican border, but moved to San Francisco after a flood.

Were a family of immigrants, she said. I think the first time I really think about what I want, I can have it."

Belcalis Almanzar

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Belcalis Almanzars home is a sprawling, sprawling thing, and it takes a team to inhabit its vastness. This house was never built to live in, says Almanzar, whose Spanish-language show, Calle 8, is part soap, part music festival and all-star cast. With a house the size of two and a half New York City apartments, theres room for two people to go their separate ways in the three years they spend filming in and around the house and still meet up to get their morning taco or finish their evening cocktails.

Theres no bathroom here, Almanzar jokes as she opens her front door. When the house first went up for sale, she says, The first person who walked in here thought I was the devil. (Apparently, the realtor warned her that it was possible to make a deal and still have time to take a shower before shooting.)

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Belcalis Almanzars home is a sprawling, sprawling thing, and it takes a team to inhabit its vastness. This house was never built to live in, says Almanzar, whose Spanish-language show, Calle 8, is part soap, part music festival and all-star cast. With a house the size of two and a half New York City apartments, theres room for two people to go their separate ways in the three years they spend filming in and around the house and still meet up to get their morning taco or finish their evening cocktails.

Theres no bathroom here, Almanzar jokes as she opens her front door. When the house first went up for sale, she says, The first person who walked in here thought I was the devil. (Apparently, the realtor warned her that it was possible to make a deal and still have time to take a shower before shooting.)

Belcalis Almanzar

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